Inauguration of the Restoration and Embellishment Project at the Southern Central Bureau Relic Site

Towards the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025), on April 19, the People's Committee of Tay Ninh province held the inauguration ceremony of the project to restore and embellish a number of items and works belonging to the special national historical relic of the Southern Central Bureau Base.

General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security and delegates attended the inauguration ceremony at the Tay Ninh province bridge point.

This is one of the key projects and works that the whole country started and inaugurated simultaneously to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification.

The groundbreaking and inauguration ceremony was held under the direction of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, in the form of direct and online simultaneous connection at 80 points in all 3 regions of North - Central - South, connecting online from the main point of Ho Chi Minh City to the works and projects.

At the central bridge point of Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport (HCMC), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over the groundbreaking and inauguration ceremony of key national projects and major works on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).

At the Tay Ninh province bridge, where the inauguration ceremony of the project to restore and embellish a number of items in the special national historical relic site of the Southern Central Bureau Base was held, there were the participation of General Luong Tam Quang, Politburo member, Minister of Public Security; Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, former Chairman of the Tay Ninh Provincial People's Council Nguyen Thanh Tam; Acting Chairman of the Tay Ninh Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Thanh and leaders of departments, branches, and professional departments under the Ministry of Public Security, and the Public Security of a number of southern provinces and cities.

Speaking at the ceremony, the leader of the Ministry of Construction said that 80 projects were started and inaugurated on this occasion with a total investment capital of about 445,000 billion VND, of which the total capital for starting construction was 305,000 billion VND, the total capital for inaugurated projects was 140,000 billion VND. The state budget capital was 185,000 billion VND; non-budget capital was 260,000 billion VND.

Of these, there are 40 projects in the transportation sector; 12 industrial and civil construction projects, 12 educational projects, 9 socio-cultural projects, 5 community health projects and 2 irrigation projects.

The project to restore and embellish a number of items and works belonging to the special national historical relic site of the Southern Central Bureau Base is one of two key projects of Tay Ninh province, decided by the Provincial People's Council for investment in Resolution No. 92/NQ-HDND dated July 20, 2023, approved by the Tay Ninh Provincial People's Committee for investment and construction in Decision No. 526/QD-UBND dated March 15, 2024, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification, associated with the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of Tay Ninh province (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025). The implementation location is in Tan Bien district, Tay Ninh province.

Delegates perform the ribbon cutting ceremony

This is a group B project, in the field of culture - history, with a total investment of about 65.8 billion VND from the provincial budget, investing in construction, purchasing and installing equipment at 3 relics in the special national relic site of the Southern Central Bureau Base.

The project of Restoration and embellishment of some items of the National Historical Relic Site, especially the Central Bureau Base, was implemented with a high sense of responsibility, the project was completed on schedule (6 months), the project renovated and repaired some items, works, installed modern equipment, applied digital technology in displaying artifacts, and showing documentary films using 3D mapping technology. The renovated and embellished works help to make the infrastructure and landscape more beautiful, through digital technology, helping visitors to the relic experience vivid and attractive historical images and documents.

The project was completed on schedule and on target. This is the result of the strong leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Committee, the effective coordination between departments and branches in implementing the project, and the great efforts of the investor, consultants and contractors who have constantly strived to overcome difficulties, ensuring the progress, quality and aesthetics of the project.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Thanh acknowledged, highly appreciated and commended the efforts of the Tay Ninh Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board - the project investor; Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Department of Construction and related departments, branches, and construction units for their urgency, effort, and professionalism throughout the project implementation process to complete the project on schedule.

In order for the project to continue to promote its historical value and investment efficiency when put into use, Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Thanh requested that the Management Board of the Southern Revolutionary Historical Relic Sites, after receiving the project, proactively develop a plan to effectively manage and exploit the project; improve service quality, continue to digitize documents, and enrich and make more vivid the content introduced to visitors.

Acting Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Hong Thanh requested tourism sectors and associations to pay attention to and promote the linkage in developing tourism - culture - traditional education, creating a chain of tourism returning to the source, promoting not only domestic tourists but also international visitors; requesting people and tourists to join hands to preserve and protect relics.

Thereby contributing to making the special national historical relic of the Central Office of the South a favorite destination for the people of the whole country in general and Tay Ninh in particular, a red address for educating revolutionary traditions for the young generation.

The historical site of the Central Bureau of Southern Vietnam has special value. In 15 years (1961 - 1975), the Central Bureau of Southern Vietnam concretized many policies and decisions of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh into the practical revolution in the South, thereby giving birth to many Directives and Resolutions deciding on the strategic direction of the revolution in the South and successfully implementing them throughout the entire battlefield in the South.

The Southern Central Bureau Base became the capital of the Southern revolution, where remains are evidences and memories of the extremely arduous, sacrificial, but very proud revolutionary life of many senior Party leaders and many cadres and soldiers in the resistance war against America to save the country.

The relic not only has special value for traditional education, but is also an attractive destination for domestic and foreign tourists, especially for the young generations of Vietnam. With the special values ​​of the relic, on May 10, 2012, the Prime Minister decided to rank the Southern Central Bureau Historical Relic as a Special National Relic.

On this occasion, Minister Luong Tam Quang and the delegation of the Ministry of Public Security offered incense to commemorate and pay tribute to the Heroes and Martyrs at Hill 82 National Martyrs Cemetery; Martyrs Cemetery of the Central Security Department of the Southern Region; Historical and Cultural Relic Site of the Central Security Department of the Southern Region (Tan Bien District, Tay Ninh).

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